Friday, February 3, 2012

Variations on a Theme: Monchhichi

Variations on a Theme looks at television theme songs/opening credit sequences and breaks them down for the average viewer.



Program: Monchhichis (1983)

The Song: This theme song is as cute and sweet as the characters that make up the program's cast. It is either the musical equivalent of a) a duckling sharing a bag of multi-colored cotton candy with a kitten wearing a straw hat, b) a baby snowman watching a family of hedgehogs ice skate or c) a half-Asian baby farting rainbows on an elf made of marshmallows. I'm saying it's cute, is all.

The Opening Credit Sequence: Here is the inner monologue that goes through my head whenever I watch the Monchhichi's theme song (Note: I am thinking this in a Brian Fellow voice):

"I hope that parrot doesn't get struck by any lightnings. Oh, what are these things? They're cute. Look at that one playing a piano. That's crazy! They should be careful riding their bikes on a branch like that. Oh, wow, lookit those things. They eat grapes, I guess. These monkeys can make inventions? What? That one is farting rainbows or something. That's silly. Holy shit! What the fuck is that thing? Oh, I don't like those things. They look crazy. Why are they jumping around like that. Hey, you leave those monkeys alone! Oh, hell yeah, them monkeys showed you! They flew away on a hand glider or whatever the fuck it's called. Oh shit, a wizard!"